What a buyer sees
WATERNUMBERS LIMITED
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering · Lancaster · 11200994
1staff · FY2024
8years trading
49oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£18kfor the year to 2024
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
What your filings show moving
Staff1
20221 → 12024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£17,800in the bottom quarter
£16,018£98,546£291,958
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
2677152
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
1231270
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
632182
Each spread is companies in the same trade and size that did publish a turnover. Creditor days are shown but not marked: neither end of that one is plainly good.
What a buyer would ask 2
- The newest accounts on file are 28 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- No website on file against the companyThe first thing anyone does with a company number is look for the business behind it. Finding nothing is its own answer.
What a buyer would like 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
- 49since 2018
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £18k | 1 | — |
| 2023-04-30 | £21k | 1 | — |
| 2022-04-30 | £23k | 1 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£10k£20k
The turnover range is fitted on UK companies that did file one. The multiple is a published sector average from Dutch mid-market deals, not from your own numbers and not from your own market. Treat this as the opening bracket of a conversation, not a valuation.